Henrici Stephani Epistola, qua ad multas multorum amicorum respondet, de suae typographiae statu, nominatimque de suo Thesauro linguae graecae. In posteriore autem ejus parte, quam misera sit hoc tempore veterum scriptorum conditio, in quorundam typographorum prela incidentium, exponit. Index librorum qui ex officina ejusdem Henrici Stephani hactenus prodierunt
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1569
130 pages
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Henri Estienne takes on the printers and editors of the 16th century who traded scholarly accuracy for profit. This text serves as both a fierce defense of his own lexicographical methods and an expose of the corruption poisoning classical literature.
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